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Jack
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by Showtime Ent.
Sales Rank: 84425
Price: $8.33
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Jack is already struggling with adolescence, when he realizes his parents are getting a divorce and even worse, his dad is gay! After some bittersweet experiences, Jack learns there is no such thing as a perfect family and his own is more caring, supportive, and stronger than he knew.
Viewer Reviews
Jack is a comedic drama that makes light work of dealing with teens facing complex issues in their lives. In that it makes light work of these issues is the movie's main flaw. Jack is a teen struggling with his own identity while dealing with his parent's sudden split, and then finding out dad is gay. His best friend seems (to Jack) to have a perfect suburban family right out of a modern day family sitcom, but all is far from right under their roof with parents who verbally fight all the time, occasionally ending in blows by one or the other. jack's newfound girlfriend has issues of her own.... popularity and constantly in fear of everyone finding out that her dad too, has come out of the closet. So how does the writing of the movie handle all of this luggage? with teen sarsastic wit and cynicism of course, and that's fine, but at times it feels overblown and forced. No teen, no matter how smart, has the guts to blast out every thought and concern in harmonious satire; even sitcoms have toned down that instinct to make their characters flawless in delivery, and yet, here it is overly prevalent. Still, Jack is often a bittersweet story of learning for the characters and the end does offer up hope, though thankfully, doesn't wrap it all up with a tiny bow and present to us a finished product all sunny and 100% happy. The movie makers instead presented us with a look of a batch of lives constantly in transition from the many lessons we (and these characters) are meant to learn each day. 3.75 stars
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